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Wisdom 13:12 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Burning the scraps from his handiwork to cook his food, he eats his fill. "
Wisdom 13:12
Verse in Context
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10 But they were miserable, and their hopes were in dead things, who called them gods which are works of men’s hands, gold and silver, skillfully made, and likenesses of animals, or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand.
11 Yes and some woodcutter might saw down a tree that is easily moved, skillfully strip away all its bark, and fashion it in attractive form, make a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs.
12 Burning the scraps from his handiwork to cook his food, he eats his fill.
13 Taking a discarded scrap which served no purpose, a crooked piece of wood and full of knots, he carves it with the diligence of his idleness, and shapes it by the skill of his idleness. He shapes it in the image of a man,
14 or makes it like some worthless animal, smearing it with something red, painting it red, and smearing over every stain in it.
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Wisdom 13:1
"For truly all men who had no perception of God were foolish by nature, and didn’t gain power to know him who exists from the good things that are seen. They didn’t recognize the architect from his works."
Wisdom 13:2
"But they thought that either fire, or wind, or swift air, or circling stars, or raging water, or luminaries of heaven were gods that rule the world."
Wisdom 13:3
"If it was through delight in their beauty that they took them to be gods, let them know how much better their Sovereign Lord is than these, for the first author of beauty created them."
Wisdom 13:4
"But if it was through astonishment at their power and influence, then let them understand from them how much more powerful he who formed them is."
Wisdom 13:5
"For from the greatness of the beauty of created things, mankind forms the corresponding perception of their Maker."
Wisdom 13:6
"But yet for these men there is but small blame, for they too perhaps go astray while they are seeking God and desiring to find him."
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